Help with this plant (picture)

Hi peps, well a few years ago the plant in the picture grew in the corner of a patio area but we had the patio all dug up and had new and a much bigger patio put down and i thought i had lost this plant, could someone tell me what it is? and also its now growing as you can see in the hedge can someone advise me on how to take a cutting or move it many thanks in advance.....

 

It looks like Aster Alpinus.

 

Looks like a little aster to me. There are several varieties and they love the sun and well drained soil.
It is flowering now so i would leave it and enjoy.You should be able to lift and divide it either in the spring or autumn. Have a look round the base of the plant carefully and look at the roots. You may be able to "tease" a bit of it including root away and try potting it up.....worth a try
Hope this helps

 

thanks for you input, will leave it till the autumn then move it i dont think it would need splitting as its small i remeber it when it got removed it was massive, should i have to water it & feed it?
at least i can put a name to it now thanks again...

 

It looks great where it is - i would leave it but make sure it gets watered in dry weather. You could feed it, but i wouldnt. They tend to thrive in odd spots!

 

i like where it is to but as its seems to grow in the hedge, when i cut the hedge it gets chopped up if you know what i mean.....i want to take a cutting in the autum to see if i can get it to grow in another spot in the garden.....

 

Are you sure it isn't Erigeron???



[FONT=arial,sans-serif][SIZE=-1]Erigeron glaucus - Seaside Daisy

[/SIZE][/FONT][FONT=arial,sans-serif][SIZE=-1]Or am I being a complete numpty and they are the same thing????

I have heard of this plant referred locally as the 'Devon Daisy'.
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i don`t think its a dasiy i seem to remember something when i bought it, i think a alpine of some sort or am i wrong!!!! just wish i could remember...

 

I'm not sure either Scoob! But my mum has a plant extremely similar to yours and it is an erigeron!!?? There are lots of different types of erigeron and some don't resemble the traditional' daisy' much really... It was more the way the unopened flower heads looked which struck me it might have been an erigeron. I always thought of asters as having a smaller central part in relation to the petal length compared to the erigeron which has a big central doodah with relatively shorter petals....

The picture struck me as the same plant too!

:o:o

 

I have a plant identical to this and the label says fleabane/Erigeron.

 

From the picture how can anyone say they are different plants?.Im not trying to find an easy way but I am afraid that I am also with Cookie on this one.

 

In the end - it is a beautiful plant you have there scoob - try and take cuttings and maybe try positioning them in the sun and giving some feed to really get the best out of your flowers!

 

thanks cookie im going to try and take a cutting soon as the rain stops lol been raining for 2 days now....